Mar 27, 2014 jon ronson is an awardwinning writer and documentary maker. Jon ronson born 10 may 1967 is a british journalist and documentary filmmaker whose works include the men who stare at goats 2004, them. He recently published an ebook, frank, telling his story, and has been touring a oneman show, jon ronson. This became the subject of feverish speculation during his zenith years. One of the screenwriters, jon ronson, is now a noted author, but as a young man, he was keyboardist for the sidebottom band. The chris sievey story is a documentary about chris sievey and his alter ego, frank sidebottom. Frank is a 2014 black comedy film directed by lenny abrahamson, produced by david barron, ed guiney and stevie lee and written by jon ronson and peter straughan. Welcome to the the home of jon ronson, journalist, humorist and documentary maker. The emergence of jon ronsons film, frank, steve sullivans exhaustive documentary being frank. He recently published an ebook, frank, telling his story. The awardwinning film frank, starring michael fassbender and maggie gyllenhaal, was cowritten by jon ronson and was inspired by his time as the keyboard player in frank sidebottoms oh blimey big band. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Adventures with extremists and the men who stare at goatsboth international bestsellers. Frank sidebottom and the man behind the mask bbc news.
Jon ronsons books include the new york times bestseller the psychopath test, and them. Them was longlisted for the guardians first book award, until it was disqualified for not being, strictly speaking, his first book he grew up in cardiff and began his journalistic career as an awardwinning columnist for. Being a fan of jon ronson, i was looking forward to frank despite only having a passing interest in frank sidebottom. Dust jacket very good, scuffed and lightly edgeworn, with as seen on sticker and signed copy sticker on front panel. Jon ronson, who played in his band, and has cowritten a film inspired by the character starring michael fassbender, remembers franks creator chris sievey as being even more eccentric than his. Frank riffs on the pop curiosity frank sidebottom the.
Them was longlisted for the guardians first book award, until it was disqualified for not being, strictly speaking, his first book. A great collectors guide for ronson collectors from the most knowledgeable specialist urban cummings. Thats a really good question, and having read the book. The true story behind the movie tells the reallife story that inspired the fictional film. F or three years, in the late 1980s, i was the keyboard player with the frank sidebottom oh blimey big band. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The 2014 film frank was largely inspired by the frank sidebottom character, telling the story of a young wannabe musician who joins a group led by the enigmatic frank michael fassbender. Frank sidebottom, best known for performing with a big fake head with a cartoon face painted on it, was a cult favorite in the. In the past, jon ronson has written and filmed ordinary people doing extraordinary things, extraordinary folk doing scary things and scary individuals attempting to prove just how ordinary they are. Jon ronson author biography, plus links to books by jon. Jan 15, 2014 frank sidebottom was a novelty act from the manchester music scene of the late 80searly 90s. His book captures perfectly that rarest of journeys when an onlooker got to see.
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Frank sidebottom wore a papiermache head and sang pop covers in a nasal twang. Ronsons first book, clubbed class 1994, is a travelogue in which he bluffs his way into a jet set lifestyle, in search of the worlds finest holiday. The chris sievey story is the offiicial documentary of. The true story that inspired the movie is a 2014 nonfiction book by jon ronson, which describes his time with musiciancomedian frank sidebottom as. I just finished reading the psychopath test by jon ronson and i found it to be educationally interesting and extremely entertaining. Aug 14, 2014 really, though, he was musician and comedian chris sievey, and writer jon ronson played keyboards for him in the late 80s. The awardwinning film frank, starring michael fassbender and maggie gyllenhaal, was cowritten by jon ronson and was inspired by his time as the keyboard player in frank sidebottom s oh blimey big band. Apr 09, 2015 jon presents a oneman show frank story telling the true story behind the new acclaimed fictionalized movie cowritten by him and starring michael fassbender and maggie gyllenhaal. Jon ronson talking frank with harry sievey in timperley 5751 views tribute to frank sidebottom 4742 views frank sidebottom, the opening of the statue, timperley 4649 views frank sidebottom 4700 views frank sidebottom statue unveiling 201020 4794 views frank sidebottom statue before unveiling 4453 views.
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